Chapter Graphic : Talk Topics
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Approach: Team  Level: Year 8
Focus: Giving an interesting talk on a topic.
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Resources: Set of 12 topic cards, egg timer.

Questions / instructions:
This activity is called Talk Topics. I will give each of you 3 cards with talk topics written on them. Think about the one you would like to talk about, then when it's your turn, try to give the most interesting talk you can think of. Try to keep the others in the team really interested in what you are saying to them.

I would like each person to talk for about 3 minutes. We have an egg timer here to let us see when 3 minutes are up.

Here are the cards, look at the cards and choose one topic to talk about.

Shuffle the cards. Give each student 3 cards. Tell them the order they will speak, then ask the first student to start.
     
% responses
2000 ('96)
y8
A TV advert that I really like. .
My best times at school.
My favourite sport or hobby.
Me and my friends.
How to make a delicious sandwich.
A TV advert that I can't stand.
How I would organise the best birthday party ever.
The home I would like to live in.
One of the best things I've ever done.
A really good TV programme.
Me and my family.
If I won lotto
Relevance of content to topic
strong
72 (73)
 
moderate
20 (23)
weak
8 (4)
Coherence of presentation
does it hang together?
strong
36 (29)
moderate
46 (54)
weak
18 (17)
Degree of interest stimulated
strong
26 (24)
 
moderate
48 (45)
weak
26 (31)
Speech clarity
strong
56 (51)
 
moderate
37 (42)
weak
7 (7)
Total score:
7 – 8
31 (26)
 
5 – 6
39 (41)
3 – 4
19 (24)
0 – 2
11 (9)
Commentary:
Most of the year 8 students selected relevant material for their talk, but only about half of them were judged to speak clearly, a third of them to present a coherent talk, and a quarter of them to stimulate interest in the topic. Slightly more students succeeded well in 2000 than in 1996. The year 4 task Talk Time used the same procedures but different topics.
 
 
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